I sort of understood that when I first started: that you shouldn't repeat a success. Very often you're going to, and maybe the first time you do, it works. And you love it. But then you're trapped.

The first role I ever played I had the lead and it's pretty much stayed that way, though people take great relish in calling me a character actor, which I am. There are a lot of short parts I could play, but I only do them when they are like this ("A Few Good Men"), central to the idea of the movie.

A lot of people in the middle of their lives have a secret yearning for more romance.

I only take Viagra when I'm with more than one woman.

I thought of myself as part of the general filmmaking effort. And as my scope broadened, I began to think about directing. I wanted to be the guy who got to say whether the dress is red or blue.

No issue is more compelling than the air we breathe, be it hot or cold, be it hawk or human.

Age is the first limitation on roles that I've ever had to encounter, and I hit that awhile ago.